Motion Alternatives 2026: 6 Options, 4 Free
Motion alternatives: Todoist, Super Productivity, Vikunja, Reclaim.ai and 2 more. Prices and licenses checked October 23, 2026.
•4 min read•Email, Calendar & Scheduling
Verdict:Leave Motion if you are paying $19 a seat for an auto-scheduler and mostly use it as a task list with a calendar. Motion's pricing page shows Pro AI at $19 and Business AI at $29 per seat, with a trial of unstated length and no free plan, so every user costs money from day one. That is hard to justify for one person with a short to-do list. The cheapest step down is Todoist or Super Productivity: both are free, and you schedule the day yourself. If your pain is protecting focus time around meetings, Reclaim's free Lite plan connects two calendars and its paid Starter seat is $10 on yearly billing. Sunsama and Morgen both cost less than Motion on a yearly plan and keep a calendar beside the task list, but neither has a free plan, only a 14-day trial. A team that wants shared boards without per-seat fees can self-host Vikunja. The trade-off is automation. Motion decides where your tasks go and replans when meetings move; every alternative here asks you to do more of that by hand, or does it only for calendar time rather than full projects. Stay if the automatic replanning saves you real hours each week. Move if you mostly drag tasks around yourself anyway.
Quick comparison
| Tool | Price | Platforms | Best for | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todoist | Free (Beginner: up to 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 5 people per personal project, 5 MB file uploads, 1 week of activity history) | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | Plain task lists at no cost | Docs only |
| Super Productivity | Free (Free and open source per the vendor page ('Free. Open source. Yours.'); no paid plan described) | Windows, macOS, Linux | Solo planning with no subscription | Docs only |
| Vikunja | Free (Self-host free forever); paid from EUR 4 per month, Vikunja Cloud Personal (Organization EUR 5 per user/month) | Web, Self-hosted | Self-hosted team task boards | Docs only |
| Reclaim.ai | Free (Lite: 1 user per team, 1-week scheduling range, 1 Calendar Sync, 1 Scheduling Link, 5 AI Agents, 2 connected calendars, limited integrations); paid from $10 per seat/month, billed yearly (Starter; $12 billed monthly) | Web | Calendar-first auto-scheduling on a budget | Docs only |
| Sunsama | Paid from $17 per month, billed yearly (Pro; $22 billed monthly) | Web | Deliberate daily planning | Docs only |
| Morgen | Paid from $15 per month, billed yearly (Pro; $30 billed monthly) | Web, Desktop | Calendar plus tasks in one view | Docs only |
| Asana | Free (Personal plan for up to 2 users with unlimited tasks and projects and list, board and calendar views); paid from $10.99 per user/month, billed annually ($13.49 billed monthly) | Web, iOS, Android | Project management | Docs only |
| ClickUp | Free (Free Forever plan with unlimited members, 60 MB of storage, 5 Spaces and 100 automation actions a month) | Web, iOS, Android | Project management | Docs only |
| Trello | Free (up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, 250 Workspace command runs a month, 10 MB per file); paid from $5 per user/month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) | Web, iOS, Android | Project management | Docs only |
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Good fit if
- You want a free task list and will plan the day yourself (Todoist is the pick)
- You want an open-source tracker with no account (Super Productivity is the pick)
- You want free calendar protection for focus time (Reclaim.ai is the pick)
- Your team wants self-hosted shared task boards (Vikunja is the pick)
- You want a calm daily planner and accept a paid plan (Sunsama is the pick)
Not ideal if
- You rely on Motion features or integrations that these tools do not replicate
Motion today: Paid from $19 per seat/month (Pro AI) (Motion pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Why people look for Motion alternatives
Motion offers no free plan, only a free trial of unstated length. Pro AI is $19 per seat per month and Business AI is $29, with annual billing advertised as a 33% saving. Each seat gets a credit allowance: 7,500 AI credits on Pro AI and 15,000 on Business AI. Team capacity planning, Gantt timelines, time tracking and permissions are gated to the Business AI plan.
Todoist
Compared with Motion: Free Beginner plan with up to 5 personal projects and 3 filter views. You do your own scheduling instead of letting Motion place tasks on the calendar, but there is no per-seat bill or trial clock.
Price: Free (Beginner: up to 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 5 people per personal project, 5 MB file uploads, 1 week of activity history) (Todoist pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android. Proprietary.
Best for: Plain task lists at no cost.
Super Productivity
Compared with Motion: Free, MIT-licensed task and time tracker with a Pomodoro focus. It has no AI auto-scheduling like Motion, but it costs nothing and has no paid tier to outgrow.
Price: Free (Free and open source per the vendor page ('Free. Open source. Yours.'); no paid plan described) (Super Productivity pricing, checked 2026-10-23).
Platforms and license: Windows, macOS, Linux. MIT (open source).
Project activity: 23.2k GitHub stars · latest release v19.3.1 (Oct 25, 2026) · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Best for: Solo planning with no subscription.
Vikunja
Compared with Motion: Open-source (AGPL-3.0) project and task manager you can self-host free, or use Vikunja Cloud from $4 a month. It lacks Motion's automatic calendar planning and meeting tools; you get control of your data.
Price: Free (Self-host free forever); paid from EUR 4 per month, Vikunja Cloud Personal (Organization EUR 5 per user/month) (Vikunja pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Web, Self-hosted. AGPL-3.0 (open source).
Project activity: 5.9k GitHub stars · latest release v2.7.1 (Oct 20, 2026) · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Best for: Self-hosted team task boards.
Reclaim.ai
Compared with Motion: Free Lite plan with 2 connected calendars and 1 scheduling link, against Motion's trial-only access. Paid Starter is $10 a seat on yearly billing, well under Motion's $19, and it also protects time on your calendar.
Price: Free (Lite: 1 user per team, 1-week scheduling range, 1 Calendar Sync, 1 Scheduling Link, 5 AI Agents, 2 connected calendars, limited integrations); paid from $10 per seat/month, billed yearly (Starter; $12 billed monthly) (Reclaim.ai pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Web. Proprietary.
Best for: Calendar-first auto-scheduling on a budget.
Sunsama
Compared with Motion: No free plan, but $17 a month on yearly billing and a 14-day trial. It is a daily-planning ritual rather than Motion's auto-scheduler, so you decide what gets done today.
Price: Paid from $17 per month, billed yearly (Pro; $22 billed monthly) (Sunsama pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Web. Proprietary.
Best for: Deliberate daily planning.
Worth knowing: No free plan: the site says it has no free-forever plan. 14-day free trial, no card. The FAQ lists a different price ($25 monthly, $20 yearly) from the pricing cards.
Morgen
Compared with Motion: Pro is $15 a month on yearly billing, with a 14-day trial and no free plan. It combines calendar and tasks like Motion for less than Motion's $19 seat, though it is a lighter tool than Motion's project planning.
Price: Paid from $15 per month, billed yearly (Pro; $30 billed monthly) (Morgen pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Platforms and license: Web, Desktop. Proprietary.
Best for: Calendar plus tasks in one view.
Other popular options (paid)
Asana
Compared with Motion: Personal plan covers up to 2 users with unlimited tasks and projects; paid Starter is $10.99 per user per month billed annually. Project management first, without Motion's automatic calendar scheduling.
Price: Free (Personal plan for up to 2 users with unlimited tasks and projects and list, board and calendar views); paid from $10.99 per user/month, billed annually ($13.49 billed monthly) (Asana pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
ClickUp
Compared with Motion: Free Forever plan with unlimited members, 60 MB of storage, 5 Spaces and 100 automation actions a month. A broad project suite rather than an AI scheduler; check the paid price on its page.
Price: Free (Free Forever plan with unlimited members, 60 MB of storage, 5 Spaces and 100 automation actions a month) (ClickUp pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Trello
Compared with Motion: Free for up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace; paid is $5 per user per month billed annually. A kanban board without Motion's automatic calendar scheduling.
Price: Free (up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, 250 Workspace command runs a month, 10 MB per file); paid from $5 per user/month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) (Trello pricing, checked 2026-10-22).
Which one to pick
- You want a free task list and will plan the day yourself: Todoist
- You want an open-source tracker with no account: Super Productivity
- You want free calendar protection for focus time: Reclaim.ai
- Your team wants self-hosted shared task boards: Vikunja
- You want a calm daily planner and accept a paid plan: Sunsama
Limits of this review
Docs-only for Todoist, Super Productivity, Vikunja, Reclaim.ai, Sunsama, Morgen: we did not install or run them, so feature claims come from vendor pages and we did not test import from Motion. Vendor prices and free limits change; confirm on the linked pricing page before you buy or migrate.
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Kevin Fan
Kevin Fan is a SaaS founder. He runs Free Instead Of, which tracks free and open-source alternatives to paid software and checks each price and free-plan limit against the vendor's own pages.
Methodology
Based on official pricing and product pages checked between 2026-10-22 and 2026-10-23: Motion, Todoist, Super Productivity, Vikunja, Reclaim.ai, Sunsama, Morgen, Asana, ClickUp, Trello. Prices, free limits and licenses are the figures shown on those pages on those dates. No tool on this page was installed or run. No accounts were created.